The top reported proficiency rate is 47% in English language arts. The lowest is 29% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Valmeyer Elementary School
Valmeyer Elementary School is a small public school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in a rebuilt village in western Monroe County, Illinois. The school sits within Valmeyer's relocated town center, which was established on higher ground after the Great Flood of the early 1990s. The community itself is quiet and orderly, with newer residential subdivisions and a modest commercial footprint centered around Route 158.
The school's enrollment is small, roughly stable at around 159 students across its grade bands, with pre-kindergarten through second grade accounting for a significant share. The student body is predominantly white, with the enrollment heavily reflective of the local residential character. Free-and-reduced-price-lunch data was not available, and counts of students in special education or English learner programs were not provided in the school's reported data.
Academic performance shows a mixed picture across tested grades and subjects. In third grade, students scored at proficiency on roughly two-thirds of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness mathematics test and approaching seven-tenths on the language arts test, suggesting stronger early elementary grounding. Performance declines notably in grades four and five. Fourth grade proficiency in math drops to around one in six students, while language arts remains near half. In fifth grade, about one in five students met proficiency in math, one in five in language arts, and under one in three in science, based on the state science assessment. Testing data for grades six and above is not available; this reflects the school's grade band, which ends at grade five.
The comparison fact-set positions Valmeyer Elementary's overall proficiency index below the midpoint relative to the three districts assessed in Monroe County. The school's proficiency average across tested subjects and grades ranks below the county median, placing it among the lower-performing schools in the county comparison set.
A parent may want to look into this further with the school. The drop in proficiency moving from third to fourth grade is substantial and warrants understanding whether this reflects particular curriculum transitions, staffing, or broader grade-level factors. Students progressing from this elementary school would continue into the district's middle and high school grades at other buildings within Valmeyer CUSD 3.
The housing market in the area supports relatively stable family settlement. Home values in the Valmeyer 62295 zip code are moderate compared to state and national benchmarks, and median household income for the region is reported around the range where housing is accessible to working families without acute affordability strain.
The village itself offers limited but established amenities. Salt Lick Point Preserve provides outdoor recreation, and the Valmeyer Public Library anchors civic life. Major employment centers include the Rock City Underground Business Complex, which houses federal personnel records and food distribution operations. Most families likely travel to Waterloo, the county seat, for broader services. No recent district-wide curriculum or facility changes were identified in available reporting.
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